Work Like That

from Out Of Office by Call Me Ace

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Although credible accolades and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are worth real-time praise, nothing in life comes easily. In this song, Call Me Ace debunks common misconceptions about achieving his success and gives the blueprint for his life motto: “live a rich life instead of a life full of riches.” Through telling stories of different interactions from his career track, Ace encourages listeners to put in the work in order to become an honest and genuine individual who is committed to a grind that will pay off. He also makes a very clear distinction between people that “say” they support you, and people that “actually” support you. The two are not the same.

lyrics

[Chorus]
They ask me why you work like that
Take a break why you work like that
But it don’t work like that
They watch the grind but don’t work like that
Then want the shine once it work like that
But it don’t work like that
I keep it ten tens just like that
They try to blend in just like that
But it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that

[Verse 1]
Now I don’t wanna force you to love me or think of me
I just wanna know if you down ‘fore it get bubbly
We on the rise horizon look sunny (yea)
Struggle just as much beautiful as was ugly (wow)
Grew up in the dirt lookin’ muddy and all
How you gon’ say that we was lucky you wasn’t involved (nope)
You claim to know me but you really ain’t study at all (hmm)
To you it feel like I just blew up from nothin’ at all (heh)
It’s funny how some people just suddenly call (hello)
They want a plug, want my mind, for nothin’ at all (what?)
They see my worth but get mad when I come with a charge
Dandruff on the shoulders just brushin’ em off
That’s the cost when you move like a company dog
You either let em stunt ya growth or ya gonna evolve
The footprint gettin’ bigger don’t know when to pause (no)
I’ll stop when I reach the top like once and for all
Y’all know ambition don’t work like that

[Chorus]
They ask me why you work like that
Take a break why you work like that
But it don’t work like that
They watch the grind but don’t work like that
Then want the shine once it work like that
But it don’t work like that
I keep it ten tens just like that
They try to blend in just like that
But it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that

[Verse 2]
Yo you celebrate me from close but never far
Cause when I call you to roll through you never are (wow)
I got fans in Canada tellin’ me you’s a star (yup)
So don’t think I can’t see thru ya fog
Words cost nothin’ until ya asked to cash ‘em
Then all of a sudden they treatin’ that like taxes (what?)
Why I gotta pay for it? (me?)
They don’t wanna invest, just wanna wait for it (wow)
Cause they feelin like it’s “coming any day” surely (huh)
Real talk yo just the other day four in the afternoon
Someone hit me it was way foreign (hello)
I ain’t had the number saved but the main story (what)
Was this shorty from the past wanted Ace sorely
She textin’ only words of affirmations purely (uhh)
Ain’t no way tho that she adore me
I saw she reshared my pic in her latest story
She was tryna share the glory (hah)
But baby it don’t work like that

[Chorus]
They ask me why you work like that
Take a break why you work like that
But it don’t work like that
They watch the grind but don’t work like that
Then want the shine once it work like that
But it don’t work like that
I keep it ten tens just like that
They try to blend in just like that
But it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that
Nah it don’t work like that

credits

from Out Of Office, track released January 8, 2021

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Call Me Ace California

Call Me Ace is a Billboard-charting hip-hop artist, Google/Meta alum, and also Founder & CEO of Five Mics Studios (backed by Techstars, Warner Music, & Concord Music), where he and his team are building a mobile-first hip-hop trading card game.